Authorities Turn Sality’s P2P Network Against Itself, Cutting Off New Malware Payloads

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Authorities Turn Sality’s P2P Network Against Itself, Cutting Off New Malware Payloads

September 2, 2026 dirk 0 Comments 3 tags

Authorities Turn Sality’s P2P Network Against Itself, Cutting Off New Malware Payloads

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday announced the takedown of a long-standing peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet known as Sality as part of a coordinated law enforcement operation.

The effort was undertaken on August 31, 2026, by authorities from the U.S., Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania, in collaboration with private industry partners CrowdStrike and the Shadowserver Foundation. To that

Source: The Hacker News

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